If there is a swamp or pond, but no pure water at hand, you can dig an Indian
well in half an hour. This is simply a hole about 18 inches across and down
about 6 inches below water-level, a few paces from the pond. Bail it out
quickly; let it fill again, bail it a second time, and the third time it fills,
it will be full of filtered water, clear of everything except matter actually
dissolved.
It is now well known that ordinary vegetable matter does not cause disease.
All contamination is from animal refuse or excreta, therefore a well of this
kind in a truly wild region is as safe as a spring.
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